Assists Leaders 1996-97 | NHL Player Stats

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Browse the top 762 NHL players ranked by Assists for the 1996-97 regular season. For all skaters and goalies across the league, with full stats and sortable rankings, visit the Players page.

#	Player	Team	A
1	W. GretzkyWayne Gretzky 35YC	New YorkNew York Rangers	72
2	M. LemieuxMario Lemieux 30YC	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	72
3	R. FrancisRon Francis 33YC	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	63
4	S. YzermanSteve Yzerman 31YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	63
5	D. WeightDoug Weight 25YC	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	61
6	D. GilmourDoug Gilmour 33YC	New JerseyNew Jersey Devils	60
7	P. TurgeonPierre Turgeon 26YC	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	59
8	B. LeetchBrian Leetch 28YD	New YorkNew York Rangers	58
9	T. SelanneTeemu Selanne 25YRW	AnaheimAnaheim Ducks	58
10	P. ForsbergPeter Forsberg 22YC	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	58
11	J. StumpelJozef Stumpel 23YLW	BostonBoston Bruins	55
12	P. KariyaPaul Kariya 21YLW	AnaheimAnaheim Ducks	55
13	V. DamphousseVincent Damphousse 28YC	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	54
14	M. SundinMats Sundin 25YC	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	53
15	J. SakicJoe Sakic 26YC	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	52
16	M. ModanoMike Modano 26YC	DallasDallas Stars	48
17	S. RucchinSteve Rucchin 24YC	AnaheimAnaheim Ducks	48
18	M. MessierMark Messier 35YC	New YorkNew York Rangers	48
19	J. JagrJaromir Jagr 24YRW	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	48
20	J. LeClairJohn LeClair 26YLW	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	47
21	D. AlfredssonDaniel Alfredsson 23YRW	OttawaOttawa Senators	47
22	E. LindrosEric Lindros 23YC	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	47
23	M. RecchiMark Recchi 28YRW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	46
24	O. TverdovskyOleg Tverdovsky 20YD	PhoenixPhoenix Coyotes	45
25	S. OzolinshSandis Ozolinsh 23YD	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	45
26	A. CasselsAndrew Cassels 26YC	HartfordHartford Whalers	44
27	Z. PalffyZiggy Palffy 24YRW	New YorkNew York Islanders	42
28	N. LidstromNicklas Lidstrom 26YD	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	42
29	A. MogilnyAlexander Mogilny 27YRW	VancouverVancouver Canucks	42
30	A. ZhamnovAlexei Zhamnov 25YC	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	42
31	I. LarionovIgor Larionov 35YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	42
32	R. ReichelRobert Reichel 25YC	New YorkNew York Islanders	41
33	B. ShanahanBrendan Shanahan 27YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	41
34	T. GreenTravis Green 25YC	New YorkNew York Islanders	41
35	G. CourtnallGeoff Courtnall 33YLW	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	40
36	D. SydorDarryl Sydor 24YD	DallasDallas Stars	40
37	A. YashinAlexei Yashin 22YC	OttawaOttawa Senators	40
38	B. BerardBryan Berard 19YD	New YorkNew York Islanders	40
39	B. HullBrett Hull 31YRW	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	40
40	J. NiinimaaJanne Niinimaa 21YD	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	40
41	J. RoenickJeremy Roenick 26YC	PhoenixPhoenix Coyotes	40
42	B. HolikBobby Holik 25YC	New JerseyNew Jersey Devils	39
43	K. HatcherKevin Hatcher 29YD	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	39
44	D. MironovDmitri Mironov 30YD	AnaheimAnaheim Ducks	39
45	S. KoivuSaku Koivu 21YC	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	39
46	T. FleuryTheo Fleury 28YRW	CalgaryCalgary Flames	38
47	C. JanneyCraig Janney 28YC	PhoenixPhoenix Coyotes	38
48	P. NedvedPetr Nedved 24YC	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	38
49	C. CheliosChris Chelios 34YD	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	38
50	V. KamenskyValeri Kamensky 30YLW	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	38